2018 WORKSHOP ON RECENT WORK IN LAW AND PHILOSOPHY

SURREY CENTRE FOR LAW AND PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY SCHOOL OF LAW

9 JANUARY 2018

Introduction

The coercive features of legal systems raise difficult theoretical questions related to autonomy and to moral constraints on the treatment of individuals. This workshop brought together a diverse group of people in law and philosophy in Brooklyn, New York to discuss papers addressing issues ranging from the epistemology of consent to how judges ought to respond to unduly harsh sentencing laws.

Workshop Presenations

  • Cosim Sayid (CUNY): “Expected Liability”
  • Daniel Viehoff (NYU): “Power and Equality”
  • Kristen Bell (Yale): “Revitalizing Mercy under the Rule of Law”
  • Alexander Guerrero (Rutgers): “The Epistemology of Consent”

Organiser:

Dr. Hrafn Asgeirsson, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Law, University of Surrey School of Law

Discussants:

Hrafn Asgeirsson (Surrey), Gerardo Vildostegui (Berkeley), Yuval Abrams (CUNY), Ryan Doerfler (Penn)

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